Cleaning brush

ABSTRACT

A cleaning brush is composed of a grip and a brush body. The grip includes a first lateral side, a second lateral side opposite to the first lateral side, a mounting portion running through the first and second lateral sides, and a retaining portion. The brush body is a spherical reticular member made of a tubular reticulum and includes a first brush portion, a second brush portion, a central portion mounted to the mounting portion, and a fastening string extending outward from the central portion. The first and second brush portions are located at the first and second lateral sides of the grip separately. The fastening string is connected with the retaining portion of the grip for limiting the relative positions of the brush body and the grip. Thus, the brush body is not subject to sliding with respect to the grip for definite touch and preferable cleaning effect.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to a cleaning apparatus, and more particularly, to a cleaning brush.

2. Description of the Related Art

Referring to Taiwanese Utility Model No. 216512, it disclosed a cleaning brush composed of a grip and a spherical reticular brush. The spherical reticular brush is formed by way of folding an elongated tubular mesh, sleeving a band onto a center of the mesh, enabling the mesh to pass through an annulus of the grip to make the band be located in the annulus and two halves of the mesh to be located at two external sides of the grip, and finally pull the two halves of the mesh toward opposites directions separately for looseness thereof to make the mesh become spherical and prevent the mesh from easy separation from the grip.

However, when a user operates the aforesaid cleaning brush, the spherical reticular brush is subject to sliding along with the user's operation to result in indefinite feeling of touch while the user brushes their bodies to further reduce the cleaning effect. In other words, the aforesaid conventional cleaning brush is still deficient to need further improvement.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a cleaning brush, which enables the user to have definite feeling of touch while brushing his or her body.

The foregoing objective of the present invention is attained by the cleaning brush composed of a grip and a brush body. The grip includes a first lateral side, a second lateral side opposite to the first lateral side, a mounting portion running through the first and second lateral sides, and a retaining portion. The brush body is a spherical reticular member made of a tubular reticulum and includes a first brush portion, a second brush portion, a central portion connected between the first and second brush portions, and a fastening string extending outward from the central portion. The central portion is mounted to the mounting portion of the grip. The first and second brush portions are located at the first and second lateral sides of the grip separately. The fastening string is connected with the retaining portion of the grip for limiting the relative positions of the brush body and the grip. Thus, the brush body is not subject to sliding with respect to the grip.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the grip of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a third preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a side view of a fifth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the grip of a sixth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a side view of the sixth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIGS. 1-3, a cleaning brush 10 constructed according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention is composed of a grip 20 and a brush body 30. The detailed descriptions and operations of these elements as well as their interrelations are recited in the respective paragraphs as follows.

The grip 20 includes a first lateral side 21, a second lateral side 22 opposite to the first lateral side 21, a mounting portion 24 located at one end portion of the grip 20 and running through the first and second lateral sides 21 and 22, and a retaining portion 26 adjacent to the mounting portion 24. In this embodiment, the retaining portion 26 has a first channel 261, a second channel 262, and a through hole 264 parallel to the first and second channels 261 and 262. The first and second channels 261 and 262 extend toward the mounting portion 24 from two opposite ends of the grip 20 and communicate with the mounting portion 24.

The brush body 30 is identical to the conventional spherical reticular brush in material, structure, and method of formation. The brush body 30 is formed of an elongated tubular reticular member, which is creased and then centrally tied, and mounted to the mounting portion 24, having a first brush portion 31 located at the first lateral side 21, a second brush portion 32 located at the second lateral side 22, and a central portion 34 connected between the first and second brush portions 31 and 32 and located inside the mounting portion 24. The brush body 30 further includes a first fastening string 36 and a second fastening string 37, both of which extend outward from the central portion 34, for connection with the retaining portion 24 in such a way that the more secure connection is available for confining the relative positions of the central portion 34 and the grip 20 to prevent them from easy movement with respect o each other.

In this embodiment, the central portion 34 and the fastening strings 36 and 37 are made of the same rope and the fastening strings 36 and 37 are two distal ends of the rope. Alternatively, the central portion 34 can be formed of another rope or a nylon band. The first and second fastening strips 36 and 37 pass through the first and second channels 261 and 262 from the retaining portion 24, as shown in FIG. 3, and then pass through the through hole 264; next, the first and second fastening strips 36 and 37 can be knotted each other to be fixed to the opening of the second channel 262. However, various interchangeable equivalents can replace how the first and second fastening strips 36 and 37 pass through the through hole 264 and what the first and second fastening strips 36 and 37 are knotted each other to be fixed to the grip 20. Even the grip 20 can have none of the through hole 264 but the two fastening strings 36 and 37 can still be knotted each other or knotted to the opening between the two channels 261 and 262.

It is to be noted that the mounting portion 24 of the grip 20 of the aforesaid embodiment is shaped as, but not limited to, a sealed circle, and even the mounting portion 24 can be open. For example, the mounting portion 24 of the grip 20 shown in FIG. 4 is recessed downward from a top side 28 in such a way that the two fastening strips 36 and 37 can pass through the two channels 261 and 262 separately and then the through hole 264 and finally be knotted at openings of two ends of the through hole 264 to be fixed to the grip 20, as shown in FIG. 5.

Referring to FIG. 6, the through hole 264 in the first embodiment can be interchanged by a post 266 protruding outward from the first lateral side 21 in such a way that the fastening strings 36 and 37 can pass through the two channels 261 and 262 and then be wound around the post 266 to be fixed to the grip 20. As shown in FIG. 7, the post 266 can protrude outward from a top side 29 of the grip 20 to reach the same effect. Besides, the post 266 can have an annular groove 267 (FIG. 6) or a through hole 268 (FIG. 7) for the fastening strips 36 and 37 to be wound around or to pass through to be more easily fixed to the post 266.

Referring to FIG. 8, the retaining portion 26 can further include two posts 266 protruding outward from the first and second lateral sides 21 and 22 in such a way that the fastening strips 36 and 37 can pass through the two openings of the mounting portion 24 and be wound around the two posts 266 separately.

Referring to FIGS. 9 and 10, the retaining portion 26 can further includes a through hole 269 running through the first and second lateral sides 21 and 22 in such a way that the fastening strips 36 and 37 can pass through the through hole 269, after extending out of the openings of the mounting portion 24, and be knotted at two openings of the through hole 269 to be fixed to the grip 20. Alternatively, one of the two fastening strips 36 and 37 passes through the through hole 269 and then the two fastening strips 36 and 37 are knitted each other.

In the aforesaid embodiments, the way that the two fastening strips 36 and 37 are knotted to be fixed to the grip 20 is interchangeable and not limited to itself. In fact, the feature of the present invention lies in that the brush body 30 includes at least one fastening strip which can be mounted to the retaining portion 26 to be fixed to the grip 20 to prevent the brush body 30 from easy sliding with respect to the grip 20. In this way, while operating the cleaning brush 10, the user can have more definite feeling of touch and the cleaning effect can be better.

Last but not the least, the present invention though has been described with respect to specific preferred embodiments thereof, but it is in no way limited to the specifics of the illustrated structures but changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims. 

1. A cleaning brush comprising: a grip having a first lateral side, a second lateral side opposite to the first lateral side, a mounting portion running through the first and second lateral sides, and a retaining portion; and a brush body formed of a tubular reticulum and having a first brush portion, a second brush portion, a central portion connected between the first and second brush portions, and a fastening string extending outward from the central portion, the central portion being located at the mounting portion, the first and second brush portions being located at the first and second lateral sides respectively, the fastening strip being connected with the retaining portion for limiting the relative positions of the brush body and the grip.
 2. The cleaning brush as defined in claim 1, wherein the brush body comprises two fastening strips; the retaining portion comprises two channels communicating with the mounting portion, the two fastening strings passing through the two channels.
 3. The cleaning brush as defined in claim 2, wherein the retaining portion further comprises a through hole parallel to the two channels; at least one of the fastening strips passes through the through hole.
 4. The cleaning brush as defined in claim 3, wherein the grip comprises a top side; the mounting portion and the two channels are recessed downward from the top side.
 5. The cleaning brush as defined in claim 2, wherein the retaining portion further comprises a post protruding outward from the first lateral side; the two fastening strings are fixed to the post.
 6. The cleaning brush as defined in claim 2, wherein the retaining portion further comprises a post protruding outward from a top side of the grip; the two fastening strings are fixed to the post.
 7. The cleaning brush as defined in claim 1, wherein the brush body comprises two fastening strips; the retaining portion comprises two posts protruding outward from the first and second lateral sides respectively; the two fastening strings are fixed to the two posts respectively.
 8. The cleaning brush as defined in claim 1, wherein the brush body comprises two fastening strips; the retaining portion comprises a through hole running through the first and second lateral sides, at least one of the two fastening strings passing through the through hole.
 9. The cleaning brush as defined in claim 2, wherein the two fastening strips are made of the same rope.
 10. The cleaning brush as defined in claim 7, wherein the two fastening strips are made of the same rope.
 11. The cleaning brush as defined in claim 8, wherein the two fastening strips are made of the same rope.
 12. The cleaning brush as defined in claim 1, wherein the central portion and the fastening strips are made of the same rope.
 13. The cleaning brush as defined in claim 5, wherein the post comprises an annular groove.
 14. The cleaning brush as defined in claim 5, wherein the post comprises a through hole.
 15. The cleaning brush as defined in claim 6, wherein the post comprises an annular groove.
 16. The cleaning brush as defined in claim 6 wherein the post comprises a through hole.
 17. The cleaning brush as defined in claim 7, wherein each of the posts comprises an annular groove.
 18. The cleaning brush as defined in claim 7, wherein each of the posts comprises a through hole. 